Billie Ruth Gaines Law's Obituary
CLARENDON SERVICES- 2:00 pm Sunday, November 21, 2010 in the First Baptist Church in Clarendon with Elder Jeff Riles, Elder Roy Williams, Elder Harry Williams, & Elder Ella Bowser, officiating. INTERMENT- Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Billie Ruth was born August 3, 1944 in Gilmer, Texas to Leroy Lee and Rosie Lee Childs Wilson. She married Alton Gaines, Sr. on August 23, 1962 in Clarendon. She has been a lifelong resident of Clarendon where she worked at Best Western and Lowe‘s. She loved her family, was a dedicated mother and grandmother, and was known as the neighborhood mom. She loved gardening and all else that God blessed her with. She was a member of the True Church of God in Christ in Clarendon. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - her parents and stepfather; her husband, Alton Gaines, Sr. on April 25, 1974; her son, Ben Gaines; and 3 sisters. SURVIVORS - 6 sons, Alton Gaines, Jr. and wife Gina of Clarendon, Johnnie Gaines of Clarendon, Danny Gaines and wife Angie of Clarendon, Randy Gaines of Amarillo, Brent Gaines and wife Tasha of Amarillo, Richard Gaines of Clarendon; her daughter, Glenda Wilson and husband Billy of Clarendon; her brother, Dale Childs of Amarillo; 5 sisters, Dorothy Hawthorne and Othella Bowie, both of Amarillo, Norma Lee and Estella Mae both of Orange County, Texas, and Carolyn Polk of Amarillo; 21 grandchildren; and several great grandchildren. THE FAMILY WILL BE AT: 305 Rosenfield / Clarendon, Texas 79226
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